x Cattleya hybrid orchid, Orange color

Culture & Care Synonym :
Native range :
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described Discovered by :
Described Discovered in :
Type of Grow : Epiphytes; grows clinging to the branches of trees. Terrestrials; are thrive growing on/in the ground. Lithophytes; Orchids that grow in or on rocks.

Growing Patterns : Monopodial; Orchids are growing always grows vertically. Sympodial; Orchids are growing sideways.



Description

Flower


Leaves

Culture & Care

Pleione formosana Orchids Culture & Care

Pleione formosana Orchids
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Synonym : Pleione pricei, Taiwan Pleione, Windowsill Orchid.
Native range : China, Taiwan
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Cool grower
Described, Discovered by :
Discovered in : Nan-ao Township, a village in northern Taiwan.
Type of Grow : Both a terrestrials and lithophytes species.

Pleione formosana Orchids
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Description
       Found in humid forests, grows in clinging to cliffs. Each pseudobulbs will emerges a single leaf. In winter, they was protected by snow. When snow melts in spring, them will continue grow.

       Pleione formosana high of 15 cm. Spherical pseudobulbs.

Flower
       Flower in spring a single flower have pink color and fringed labellum.

Leaves
       Single leaf, about 10 cm. of length.

Culture & Care
       It's terrestrial species, so should grows in the soil at a foot of tree. Add sand in the soil for well-drained. Can be cultivated in a cold greenhouse.

Pleione formosana Orchids
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Pleione maculata Orchid Culture & Care

Pleione maculata Orchid
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Synonym :
Native range : Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Thailand
Skill for Culture : Experienced - Expert
Type of Culture : Cool grower
Described Discovered by :
Discovered in : nineteenth century
Type of Grow : Both a terrestrial and a lithophytes species.
Growing Patterns : Sympodial; Orchids are growing sideways.





Description
       Pleione maculata grows in empty tree trunk and in soil as a small sized. Found in forests at elevations of 600 to 2,000 meters.
       Many species in genus Pleione have produced many hybrids, such as Pleione lagenaria, form Pleione maculata and Pleione praecox.

Flower
       Single flower, white and cream color. Labellum have yellow color, with pink stripes.

Leaves
       Two leaves merge form its pseudobulbs. After orchids flowers, its will lose their leaves.

Culture & Care
       Air humidity of around 50 percent. Bring them in the shade of tree. Genus Pleione can cutivated out door, in the garden or in a greenhouse. temperature should not to 25 C.

Pleione maculata Orchid
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Art of Fruits and Vegetables

       Fruits and Vegetables in this picture consist with papaya
carrots mungbean rice black beans corn pepper cucumber tomatoes Radish lemon persimmon eggplant cabbage and paddy rice.

       Papayas are long, its was used as the outer edge. and than will be carrots and mungbean. Rice Used as background for write the number "50",which mean this University was established 50 years ago, by black beans and corn.

Thank you for visit.

(Khon Kaen University, 2014)

Genus Pleurothallis spp. Culture & Care

Pleurothallis lamellaris
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Commonly named : Bonnet Orchids
Native range :
Skill for Culture : Beginner
Type of Culture : Warm grower
This genus established in : 1813

Description
       Genus Pleurothallis is groups more than a 1,000 epiphytic spices. - the second largest in the Orchidaceae after Bulbophyllum. Found in hot and humid forests, among the moss on low branches.

        The number of species approaching in the 1,200, botanists believe that have many remain to be discovered. Maybe this genus will be the largest of the orchid family. but...

        In 2004, it decreased by more than half when many species were moved into new genera.

Flower
       Have short inflorescence, some species carrying a single miniscule flower.  Flowering in the spring.

Culture & Care
       Orchid require air humidity of more than 70 percent. and need low of light.

Polystachya maculata Culture & Care

Polystachya maculata
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Synonym : -
Native range : Tropical Africa
Skill for Culture : Expert
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described by : *
Described in : 1840
Type of Grow : epiphytes lithophytes and terrestrials; grows by clinging to the branches of trees or grow in or on rocks sometime found it in the ground. Found in dense forests at elevations around 1,500 meters

Description
       This is a small plant. Its puts out floral scapes form the apex of its pseodobulbs.

Flower
       The petals and sepals of flower are pale green-brown color, labellum spattered with purple color. Flower size about 2 to 3 cm, inflorescence with fragrant flowers occuring mostly in the fall but can occur at most any time. Flowering begins in spring.

Culture & Care
       Polystachya maculata have roots weaken, rot very quick in standard potting mixtures. So its very difficult to grow. Maybe cultivate it on hollowed slabs of cork oak and add spagnum surround its roots. Orchid need air humidity of more than 80 percent and bring it in partial shade.

Prosthechea cochleata Culture & Care

Prosthechea cochleata
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Synonym : Encyclia cochleata, Anacheilium cochleatum, Epidendrum cochleatum subsp. triandra, and commonly referred to as the 'Cockleshell Orchid' or 'Clamshell Orchid'
Native range : Colombia, Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Puerto Rica, Windwards, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela
Skill for Culture : Beginner
Type of Culture : Cool grower
Described by : Carolus Linnaeus
Described in : 1763
Type of Grow : Epiphytes; grows on evergreen trees in high-altitude forests, up to 2,000 meter.

Description
       In 1997 many species classed in the genus Encyclia Were transferred to the this genus. Pseudobulbs have ovoid-shaped, emerges floral stems throughout the year.

Flower
       Purple labellum that resembled a small shell.

Prosthechea cochleata
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Prosthechea cochleata Culture & Care
       Cultivate in pots or baskets fulled with fir bark and expanded polystyrene, this orchid prefers a cool at night, about 10 C.

Psychopsis papilio Orchid Care & Culture

Psychopsis papilio Orchid
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Synonym : Psychopsis picta, Oncidium papilio, 'Butterfly Orchid'
Native range : Antilles, Northern Brazil, Colombia, Trinidad and Venezuela.
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described by : John Lindley
Described in : 1824
Type of Grow : Epiphytes; clinging to branches of trees.
Growing Patterns : Sympodial; orchids grow sideways.

Description
       This a medium sized orchid grows in low-altitude tropical forests. This is one of rare Oncidium.

       Psychopsis, abbreviated Psychp. in horticultural trade, is a genus of 5 known species of orchids native to northern South America, Central America and Trinidad.

Illustration of Psychopsis papilio (as syn. Oncidium papilio)
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Flower
       Single flower on a slightly curved upright scape, more than 2 meter in hight. Flower nearly 20 cm. sediameter. Heart-shaped labellum. Flower remains in full bloom for more than 3 months. For right condition, orchid will flower continuously.

Leaves
       Its pseudobulbs emerge one leaf, have mottled on the surface.

Psychopsis papilio Culture & Care
       Culture by mounting it onto slabs of cork oak or fir bark and expanded polystyrene. Air humidity of more than 70 percent, and need bright light.

Psychopsis papilio orchid
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Psygmorchis pusilla Orchid Culture & Care

Psygmorchis pusilla
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Synonym : Erycina pusilla
Native range : Antilles, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico,Nicaragua, Panam
Skill for Culture : Experienced , Expert
Type of Culture : Warm grower - Hot
Described by : Carolus Linnaeus
Described in : 1763
Type of Grow : Epiphytes ; Growing on trees and shrubs in pastures, in hot humid forests at elevations 500 to 1,000 meter .

Description
       Genus Psygmorchis was created in 1970, consist about 5 species formerly classed with Oncidium. the orchid without pseudobulb. The name of genus derives from Greek, psygma which mean 'fan' and orkhis which mean 'testucle'

Flower
       Single flowered inflorescence, acute floral bracts that are smaller than length of the leaves, yellow color, about 2 cm. Flower in the fall through the spring. bloom lasts no more than a few days.

Leaves
       A fan shape

Psygmorchis pusilla 
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Culture
       Air humidity of more than 70 percent. Need low of light. Should be grown mounted on a branch covered with sphagnum. These plants only live a few seasons. Psygmorchis pusilla not tolerate calcareous or polluted water, experienced growers use pure water for this orchid. If all these conditions are met, the orchid will flower continuously.

Renanthera coccinea Orchid Culture & Care

Synonym : Epidendrum renanthera, Gongora philippica
Native range : Philipines, Chaina, Indonesia, Thailand, Lao, Vietnam, Hong Kong
Skill for Culture : Beginner
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described/Discovered by :
Described in : 1790

Renanthera coccinea orchid
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Type of Grow : Epiphytes ; Growing on clinging to branches of trees. Terrestrials and semi-terrestrials; are thrive growing on/in the ground. Lithophytes; Orchids that grow in or on rocks. 

Growing Patterns : Monopodial; Orchids are growing always grows vertically.

Description
       Renanthera coccinea was first imported to Europe in 1820. This is a large climbing plant, can exceed about 5 meter in height. Lacking pseudobulbd, it develops long stems covered with many leaves.

Renanthera coccinea orchid
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Flower
       Flowers size 5 to 6.5 cm. The inflorescences, sometime more than 100 flowers. flowers are fragrant, beautiful red-orange color

Roots
       Aerial roots, Large root which acts to store water to feed itself.

Leaves

Culture
       Because orchids have large size, should be cultivated it in large pots containing a mixture of fir bark and expanded polystyrene. Can cultivated it in direct sun, needs abundant water, fertilizer every 2 weeks, Repotted once a year.

Rhynchostylis gigantea orchid

Rhynchostylis gigantea orchid

Synonym : Anota densiflora gigantea, Vanda densiflora
Native range : Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, China, Bangladesh, Borneo and Cambodia.
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described by : John Lindley
Described in : 1833
Type of Grow : Epiphytes ; Growing on clinging to branches of trees by large roots.
Growing Patterns : Monopodial; Orchids are growing always grows vertically.

Description
       Rhynchostylis gigantea grows in hot, low-altitude forests.

Rhynchostylis gigantea orchid

Flowers
       Many flowers carry by inflorescence, studded with purple or pink dots. flowers are very fragrant. This orchid flowers in winter.

Culture
       Cultivate in a hanging basket containing. The plant requires temperature which must never fall below 15 Celsius. Air humidity of more than 80 percent. Need bright light.--Not direct sun.

Rossioglossum grande Orchid

Rossioglossum grande Orchid
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Synonym :
Native range : Guatemala, Mexico
Skill for Culture : Expert
Type of Culture : Cool grower
Described by : John Lindley
Discovered in : 1840
Type of Grow : Epiphytes ; Growing on clinging to branches of trees. Grows in mountain forests of 1,400 and up to 3,000 meter.
Growing Patterns : Sympodial; Orchids are growing that grow sideways across the top of the pot.

Description
       In the nature, this species is very rare.


Flower
       Inflorescence emerge from pseudobulbs, carry large flowers about 20 cm. wide. Each inflorescence have 5 to 8 flowers. The flowers have brown petals and sepals striped with yellow. The lip is white and sometimes flecked with red-brown.

Rossioglossum grande Orchid
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Leaves
Leathery leaves emerge from its pseudobulbs.

Culture
Cultivation in a pot filled with fir bark polyurethane foam, and expanded polystyrene. It cannot withstand temperatures above 24 Celsius. The day and night should be difference temperature-- least 24 Celsius at night and about 18 Celsius at day.

Rossioglossum grande Orchid
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       Air humidity of more than 80 percent-- constant throughout the year, and much of light.

       The name of genus is dedicated to John Ross-- collector of orchids in Mexico in the nineteenth century.

Sarcochilus hartmannii orchid

Sarcochilus hartmannii Orchid
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Synonym : -
Native range : Australia
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Intermediate gower
Described by : Baron Ferdinand von Muller
Described in : 1874
Type of Grow : Lithophytes; Orchids that grow in or on large rocks, or found on exposed cliffs at altitudes up to 1000 meters. Sometime this orchid an epiphytic.
Growing Patterns : Epiphytes ; *

Description/
       This plant less than 20 cm high, Its name derives from the Greek, sarcos means "fleshy" and cheilos means "lip"

Flower/
       Inflorescence upright, 10 to 25 cm. high, bearing 8 to 12 flowers, white with a pinkisk-red striated core--call labellum. Non-fragrant flowers.

Culture
       Air humidity of more than 70 percent.  Need a great deal of light. Bring it to good air circulation. Or maybe use small fan for air circulation.

       The genus Sarcochilus consist of about 40 species, Orchid that highly prized in Australia are Sarcochilus fitzgeraldii. Its was growth in the same places as Sarcochilus hartmannii.

Sobralia leucoxantha Orchid

Sobralia leucoxantha Painting
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Synonym : Sobralia powellii
Native range : Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Intermediate grower
Described/Discovered by :
Described in : 1866
Type of Grow : Terrestrials; are thrive growing on/in the ground. but its can also grow as an epiphytes; growing on clinging to branches of trees. Grow at altitudes below 1000 meters.

Growing Patterns : Sympodial; Orchids are growing that grow sideways across the top of the pot.

Description
       In nature, found this orchid in hollow tree trunks. Stems long, curved and height more than 1.5 meter. No pseudobulb.

Flower
       Single flower, Its have large size, about 20 cm. in diameter. Petals have a white-cream color. Fringed labellum is yellow with orange on the inner surface. blooms in summer and early fall

       This orchid have flowers look like Sobralia macrantha orchid, where found in Mexico, Ecuador and Costa Rica. Sobralia macrantha is higher than Sobralia powellii about 1 meter.

Sobralia leucoxantha Orchid
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Leaves
       Green color.

Culture
       Air humidity constannt at around 70 percent. and much of light.

       Hard for Culture indoor-- due to a lack of space.

       Culture in a large terra-cotta pot. filled with a substrate composed of fir bark and leaf mold.

Vanda 'Rothschildiana' Orchid

Synonym :
Native range : Hybrid, Vanda coerulea x Euanthe sanderiana
Skill for Culture : Experienced
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described/Discovered by :
Described/Discovered in :
Type of Grow : monopodium / epiphyte.

Vanda 'Rothschildiana' Orchid
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Description
       Vanda 'Rothschildiana' is the result of crossing Vanda coerulea and Euanthe sanderiana. An epiphyte, is a plant that grows on another plant.

Flower
       United at the apex of a floral scape conposed 5 to 8 flowers, 15 cm. Flower have blue-lavender color and darker dots.

Leaves
       Have a fan shape.

Culture
       Orchid can grown by without a pot, Its aerial roots clinging to the branches of tree. When bring it to pot, the pot should well-drained. Air humidity of more than 70 percent and much of light. For good condition the orchid can reach more than 1 meter in height.

Vanda teres orchid

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Synonym : Papilionanthe teres
Native range : Thailand, Laos, India Myanmar Vietnam eastern Himalayas,  Nepal, ....
Skill for Culture : Expert
Type of Culture : Warm grower
Described/Discovered by :
Described/Discovered in : 1828

Description
       This orchid have a giant sized, an epiphyte, is a plant that grows on another plant.-- on tree but sometime found it becomes a terrestrial, is a plant that grows on or in or from land, plunges its numerous roots into the soil. Orchid develops in full sun.

Flower
       Cylindrical stems of several meters, each stem bear about 10 flower. dorsal sepal and petal has pink color, lateral sepal has white color. Lip have yellow on the inner surface with red spot. The flower can keep for a long time in a vase for make magnificent and scented bouquets

Culture
       Air humidity should over 80 percent throughout the year. This orchid extensive root system. Because orchid require light, its difficult to grow in a house, If need, should placed close to the windows.

Zygopetalum clayii orchid

Zygopetalum clayii orchid Picture
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Synonym : Eulophia clayii
Native range : Peru, Brazil, Bolivia
Skill for Culture : Beginner
Type of Culture : Cool grower
Described/Discovered by : John Lindley
Described/Discovered in : 1844

Description
       This orchid is a terrestrial, is a plant that grows on or in or from land. Live at a high altitude. Orchid have about 80 cm. high and bearing 3 to 7 flowers 10 cm. in diameter, flowers have fragrant

Flower
       The petals and sepals have the same, brown color and labellum is pink, punctuated by white. Usually flowers once a year, in winter.

Zygopetalum clayii Flower
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Culture
       Should cultivate this orchid in large pots containing leaf mold, fir bark, and sand. need bright light. air humidity about 40 percent. Its can tolerate temporary periods of cold. Should avoid to report, because the roots are extremyly fragile.

Dendrobium spp. & Garden in Petrol Station

       In developing countries, That there has been a rapid expansion - led naturally out. Replaced by technology Or buildings - such as floor concrete. People far from natural. The stress is increasing every day. We know that bringing out the natural life is not likely to be correct.

       In recent years, begin demolition of the building - concrete. To replace the natural. Along the road, they have grow more trees. In the various departments Or around the building

       These image take in a petrol station in Thailand. The vegetable garden for relaxing and it has many of the orchids.

       To grow this orchid, The fertilizer is slow release fertilizers to every 3 to 4 months, with a small rubber tube connected directly to each orchid. Just open the valve, orchids were watered.

       These natural, it is appropriate to man. Not in a rectangular glass box Or a room surrounded by concrete walls -- author is sitting in this room!